Gaza: Doctors Under Attack review – this crucial film is the stuff of nightmares. But the world needs to see it

Gaza: Doctors Under Attack is an investigation into claims that the IDF has been systematically targeting medics in Gaza’s hospitals. Photograph: Channel 4/Basement Films

The biggest, and possibly only, failure of Gaza: Doctors Under Attack is that the circumstances of its broadcast threaten to overshadow its content.

A brief recap: this film was first commissioned by the BBC, only to be dropped when another documentary – Gaza: How to Survive a War Zone – sparked a furore over impartiality.